The cheerleading squad at Deepwater Junior High School was back from their mid-game break and the eight-grader wasn’t about to miss one minute of the last game of the season. Joining the team mid-cheer, Brittany didn’t miss a beat. Always athletic and …
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Texas Tech student from Humble headed to National Championship … – Your Houston News
by allison_dc
Texas Tech University’s cheerleading squad will send two pairs of competitors to the Coed Partner Stunt Competition at the Universal Cheerleaders Association College National Championship Competition Jan. 18-20 at Walt Disney World. The qualifying …
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Nipmuc cheerleaders caught drinking – Houston Chronicle
by Java1Guy
(AP) — A Massachusetts high school’s cheerleading squad has been banned from performing at the traditional Thanksgiving Day football game because they were caught drinking alcohol and two of them landed in the hospital. Police say about 12 members …
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Veterans, Houston County high schools win state cheerleading championships – Macon Telegraph (blog)
by cckorea
While some schools have cheer teams that combine competition with cheering at football games, Veterans High has a separate competition cheer team that specializes in competitive cheerleading. Taylor Liszewski, a junior and a member of the Veterans …
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Veterans, Houston County high schools win state cheerleading championships – Macon Telegraph (blog)
by hsoumen1985
While some schools have cheer teams that combine competition with cheering at football games, Veterans High has a separate competition cheer team that specializes in competitive cheerleading. Taylor Liszewski, a junior and a member of the Veterans …
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Samuel L. Jackson, cheerleader – Houston Chronicle (blog)
by reidab
As a way to pick up the ladies, he showed off his school spirit and joined the cheerleading squad so he could travel with both the basketball and football teams to games at other universities, where females crowded the stands. And Jackson is glad he did – he …
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Judge rules in favor of cheerleaders’ use of religion – KPRC Houston
by jenschapter3
The Kountze Independent School District ordered the cheerleading squad to stop using Bible verses on game banners after receiving a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The cheerleaders then sued the district, claiming the order …
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Texas leaders support cheerleaders’ biblical signs – Houston Chronicle (blog)
by Moto@Club4AG
“The First Amendment does not demand hostility toward religion,” Abbott said at a Wednesday news conference with Perry to announce that Texas is intervening in the lawsuit to support the Kountze High cheerleading squad. The two state leaders were …
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Texas Flip Factory introduces cheer team for children with special needs – Your Houston News
by PSdeG-PSOE
Alexis Kelly, left, gets a high-five from cheerleading coach Heather Traweek during practice at Texas Flip Factory in Humble on Sept. 17, 2012. Alexis, who has Down Syndrome, is the first member of a new cheerleading squad for kids with special needs.
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Religious banners removed at Texas school – FS Houston
by denebola2025
An east Texas cheerleading squad is at the center of the latest debate about religious expression in the public arena. Some cheerleaders at Kountze High School, located 85 miles northeast of Houston, were writing Bible verses on homemade signs and …
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